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Small town life6 quotes
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city. — Charles Caleb Colton · 1820Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife,
Their sober wishes never learned to stray;
Along the cool sequestered vale of life
They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. — Thomas Gray · 1751Did you ever think that maybe you're not too big, but maybe this town is just too small? — Edward Bloom · 2003Look, this is just a dirty little village in the middle of nowhere. Nothing that happens here is really important. Now get out. — Judge Percy Mettrick · 1952The bourgeoisie has subjected the country to the rule of the towns. It has created enormous cities, has greatly increased the urban population as compared with the rural, and has thus rescued a considerable part of the population from the idiocy of rural life. — Karl Marx · 1848Under a spreading chestnut tree
The village smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty man is he,
With large and sinewy hands;
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1840Rural vs. urban2 quotes
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city. — Charles Caleb Colton · 1820The bourgeoisie has subjected the country to the rule of the towns. It has created enormous cities, has greatly increased the urban population as compared with the rural, and has thus rescued a considerable part of the population from the idiocy of rural life. — Karl Marx · 1848Bourgeoisie1 quote
The bourgeoisie has subjected the country to the rule of the towns. It has created enormous cities, has greatly increased the urban population as compared with the rural, and has thus rescued a considerable part of the population from the idiocy of rural life. — Karl Marx · 1848Cities1 quote
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city. — Charles Caleb Colton · 1820Simple living1 quote
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife,
Their sober wishes never learned to stray;
Along the cool sequestered vale of life
They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. — Thomas Gray · 1751Urbanization1 quote
The bourgeoisie has subjected the country to the rule of the towns. It has created enormous cities, has greatly increased the urban population as compared with the rural, and has thus rescued a considerable part of the population from the idiocy of rural life. — Karl Marx · 1848